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Cases of Bristol’s Covid ‘variant of concern’ rise as virus is found elsewhere – Bristol Live

Six cases have been identified outside of the South West

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The number of known cases of Bristol’s coronavirus variant has almost doubled in the space of a week.
Health secretary Matt Hancock first confirmed the mutated variant last Tuesday, announcing that a cluster of 11 concerning cases had been identified in the Bristol area.
The latest government figures, correct as of Monday (February 8), show that this has since jumped to 21.
Of those, 15 were categorised as being found in “Bristol and the South West”, while six were logged as “England (other)”.

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